Overview

**Both and Neither **

Following My Darling Clementine , the second half of the story continues with Dreadful Sorry, Clementine. It’s 1848 and the Dennisons are traveling as a married couple by covered wagon to reach the gold rush in California.

Clem, a prospector and writer who’s passing for a man, is cautious by nature. A loner by choice, she makes plans and prefers being prepared, dealing with life on her own terms. She surprised herself when she proposed one night and was married the next.

Kizzy, her spirited and impulsive wife, is unprepared for the dangers on the trail, but willing to do what it takes to chase her dream. She learns to fight and proves it at a dance, gets taken in by Jim Bridger’s tall tales, and assists the royal physician to a four-year-old king, experiencing both life and death.

During their journey, the Dennisons make friends, take on responsibility, and earn unexpected respectability. Life seems sweet, their lesbian sex is explosive, and they grow ever closer, sharing their dreams and encouraging one another. Each is falling in love with the other, but neither will say so. After all, their marriage is based on an agreement to reach gold territory. Each thinks the other will leave once they reach their destination.

Can Clem and Kizzy overcome their insecurities and speak up in time? Or will illness, claim jumpers, and a sensual shaman tear them apart?